ADVANCED PETROLOGY II

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This course will bring together constraints from field geology, petrography, petrology, geochemistry, and geodynamics to tackle advanced A87 research questions of whole Earth processes that are relevant in the 21st century. The topics that may be covered include, but are not limited to, interplay between magmatic and tectonic processes, magma generation, migration, extraction, and dynamic stability in various settings, magmatic differentiation, volatiles and fluids exchange between various reservoirs and effects on long-term climate, ore genesis, and formation and modification of continents. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: EEPS 613 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for EEPS 413 if student has credit for EEPS 613 /ESCI 411/ESCI 611.